1997.Blanca Bravo,new to Ciudad Juarez as the assistant commander of the police,decides to take action against a possible women serial killer.Without any solid evidence,she arrests the 'Sultan'.Meanwhile,Juanita arrives to Cd Juarez from Oxolatan,and begins working in an asembly plant,taking a leap from rural society to a cosmopolitan and postmodern world as an independent woman,Blanca gets more and more entangled in her quest for justice through legitimate means,Juana becomes a tragic victim of her freedom,exercised in a society where macho violence enjoys a free zone.